I was told that the latest Leica Summilux 35mm f/1.4 V1 “Steel Rim” lens will get a redesigned hood. Leica is rumored to redesign the round hood for the new Steel Rim remake since the current lens hood causes a vignette when used with filters (first reported by Fred Miranda). Leica’s customer service has confirmed […]
DxO released 492 new Optics Modules and now supports the following Leica lenses: Leica APO Summicron SL 28mm F2 ASPH Leica APO Summicron SL 50mm F2 ASPH Leica APO Summicron SL 90mm F2 ASPH Leica Super Vario Elmar SL 16-35mm F3.5-4.5 ASPH There are now over 81,000 unique Optics Modules and the performance of supported […]
The Voigtlander ULTRON 75mm f/1.9 SC/MC VM lens for Leica M-mount was announced in January this year and it was supposed to start shipping on February 7th. Pre-orders in the US are already open at Adorama (coming soon at Amazon and B&H). I was told that some stores got the lens already in stock but were told to […]
Here are the latest Leica SL camera and lens rumors (an update to my previous post from October last year): The Leica SL 100-400mm zoom lens is rumored to be announced next month for an April release. The Leica SL 18-50mm lens should be coming soon together with a new 1.4 teleconverter. No word yet […]
With the introduction of the new Summicron-SL 35mm f/2 ASPH and Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 ASPH lenses, Leica also announced new SL2 and SL2-S prime kit savings where you can save up to $1,295 – see the details at Reddotforum: Leica SL Prime Kit Price Savings Leica SL2 Kit with Summicron-SL 35 f/2 ASPH $7,895 $1,295 […]
The previously rumored Leica Summicron-SL 35 f/2 ASPH and Summicron-SL 50 f/2 ASPH budget lenses are now officially announced and available for pre-order: Americas Europe Asia Adorama / B&H / Amazon Leica Miami Tamarkin Camera Classic Connection Meister Camera Leica Shop Vienna Leica Store Lisse Red Dot Cameras Calumet / Koch / WEX M&K Kamera Rangefinder […]
There is a new MS Optics Apollon 36mm f/1.3 lens for Leica M-mount by Mr. Miyazaki (Miyazaki Optical Apollon 1.3/36). Here are the details:
